Just discovered the White Stripes..

[minorleagueguy]

...how does everyone feel about Meg White's drumming?..your thoughts..

[Deleted]

Simplistic, but it works in the minimalist context with which they perform.

I love the White Stripes and anything that Jack White has done so far.

[DrBackflipsHoffman]

Works fine. Simple bit in no way inept. Doubles as hilarious because of how angry it makes some people, as if a garage rock duo need to be made up of Neil Peart and Michael Angelo Batio.

[Bone Daddy]

A steady drummer is REALLY hard to fine, and if nothing else she's damn steady

[The OP]

It's fine. Don't really consider it one of the more interesting points of discussion about the band.

In general, I wouldn't say they're one of my favorite bands but compared to other mainstream rock acts of today they are much better and sound a lot more like what rock and roll was really supposed to be (basically r&b, country, and pop rolled into one). Sometimes the feeling isn't quite there with his vocals; in my opinion he's not in the same league as singers like Lux Interior from the Cramps, Dex Romweber from Flat Duo Jets, and Joey Ramone, despite having probably sold more records than all three combined. What compels me to point this out is that I feel like those kind of guys should at least get the critical recognition since they didn't get to have the same commercial success. Though Lux from the Cramps once pointed out in an interview that there are a lot of fine musicians who never even make any recordings much less have any success so he felt they were very fortunate, which I thought was a classy comment.

Jack White for his part has frequently acknowledged Dexter Romweber of Flat Duo Jets as a major influence and even recently did a duet with him and released it as a single on his Third Man label. It's a cover of a Geeshie Wiley 1920s blues song called "Last Kind Words".

Sometimes I like Jack White as a producer, but he's hit and miss for me there as well. The single he did with Tom Jones last year is a perfect example. I think the A-side, a version of Howlin' Wolf's "Evil" is just plain bad. However, the B-side, a version of Frankie Laine's "Jezebel" is excellent and deserved to be a hit in my opinion.

[DrBackflipsHoffman]

I got really annoyed at that Third Man label he set up, which I previously had no issue with because they reissued Jon Wayne's Texas Funeral record, because for some odd reason they filed a copyright claim against a video of Jon Wayne on Youtube performing in a documentary called DUI which as far as i'm aware is the only footage of the band available and has nothing to do with the label itself

[biafra]

I want to have her babies.

["Gentleman" AJ Powell]

Simplistic to say the least. It goes though.

[chazraps]

Her drumming works for the band (especially on their second album as I'll always prefer my Stripes to be blues-based) but they should have never let her sing.

De Stije is my absolute favorite of their records.

[Herman The Tosser]

I dig the White Stripes, and Jack White uses a Big Muff pedal - I'll give most guitarists who use those a go. I can't get bored of that pedal:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpCEP197lEE

As for Meg's drumming - it's perfect for the White Stripes and that's all it needs to be.

[Evilution E5150]

its all prety bad all round really

[BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps]

Jan 21, 2013 16:06:19 GMT -5 @akeem said:

Simplistic, but it works in the minimalist context with which they perform.

I love the White Stripes and anything that Jack White has done so far.

Hear hear.

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

Her drumming dd the job, but for my money the stripped-back attitude the Stripes took to much of their music went a long way to killing many of their better songs. White's work with the Raconteurs proved to me that giving his songs a real band behind him rather than just a kinda shitty drummer gave them a lot more life.

Some of their stuff still really works - 'Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground' for one, and the minimalism helped some stuff like 'The Hardest Button To Button.'

At the same time, even with as stripped back a sound as they had, he still managed to overproduce their records.

Ever seen them try to play 'Seven Nation Army' live? They sound like total assholes because half the time he's trying to play two guitar parts at once and he ends up f***ing them both up.

'Denial Twist' and 'My Doorbell' are the exact same song. And letting Meg sing a song, EVER, was the dumbest thing Jack White ever did.

[Tarik Dee]

Simple, but it fits with the band's style; basically what almost everyone here already said.

["I'm Batman..."]

I'd bang on her drum.

[britishbulldog]

Could never stand his voice and as a drummer I respect her ability to keep it tight but damn it is boring as hell.